herile

H4E1R1I1L1E1

adjective

Of or pertaining to a master.

“We know the slave by his servile character and the master by his herile character.”

OriginLatin herīlis →
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Meanings

adjectiveherile (comparative more herile, superlative most herile)

comparative more herile · superlative most herile

  1. rareOf or pertaining to a master.

    We know the slave by his servile character and the master by his herile character.

    1 more example

    When a family is complete, it consists of freemen and slaves; but as in every subject we should begin with examining into the smallest parts of which it consists, and as the first and smallest parts of a family are the master and slave, the husband and wife, the father and child, let us first inquire into these three, what each of them may be, and what they ought to be; that is to say, the herile, the nuptial, and the paternal.

    1912, William Ellis, translating Aristotle, “Chapter 3, Book 1”, in Politics^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Politics_(Ellis)/Book_1#CHAPTER_III), page 1

Origin

  1. Latinherīlis
  2. Latinherīlis
  3. Englishherile

Learned borrowing from Latin erīlis, herīlis.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Riehle
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APA

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MLA

“herile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “herile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herile.

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